Use AutoPkg and Rich Trouton's VMware Tools recipe to download and install the 'darwin' VMware guest tools on a macOS system

fetch-install-vmware-tools.sh

#!/bin/sh -e

# Downloading VMware Tools within guest automatically using AutoPkg and Rich Trouton's
# VMware Tools recipe - used within ESXi build to workaround complicated tools
# upload issues (https://github.com/timsutton/osx-vm-templates/pull/30)

tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/vmware-tools-XXXXXX)
(
	cd "${tmpdir}"

	curl -fsL -o autopkg.zip \
		https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/archive/master.zip
	curl -fsL -o rtrouton-recipes.zip\
		https://github.com/autopkg/rtrouton-recipes/archive/master.zip

	unzip rtrouton-recipes.zip
	unzip autopkg.zip

	autopkg-master/Code/autopkg run -v \
		rtrouton-recipes-master/VMware-Tools/VMwareTools.download.recipe -v

	mountpoint=$(mktemp -d /tmp/tools-mount-XXXX)
	hdiutil attach -mountpoint "${mountpoint}" ~/Library/AutoPkg/Cache/com.github.rtrouton.download.VMwareTools/VMwareTools.iso


	pkg_location="$mountpoint/Install VMware Tools.app/Contents/Resources/VMware Tools.pkg"
	if [ ! -e "$pkg_location" ]; then
		echo "Couldn't locate VMware installer pkg at $pkg_location!"
		exit 1
	fi

	echo "Installing VMware tools.."
	installer -pkg "$mountpoint/Install VMware Tools.app/Contents/Resources/VMware Tools.pkg" -target /

	hdiutil detach "$mountpoint"
)
# clean up
rm -rf "${tmpdir}"